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  Unified Managed Accounts
Understanding the Latest Developments in the
Managed Accounts Industry


December 13, 2006
Bayards, New York City
(Map)

   

Preliminary Agenda

8:30      Registration and Breakfast

9:00      Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
             Unified Managed Accounts: How Did They Evolve,
             How Do They Differ from SMA
s?
              
Alois Pirker,
Senior Analyst
               Aite Group


9:15      Opening Roundtable
             What are the Challenges to Managing UMAs and
             What are the Opportunities?
              
Moderator:
                 Bevin Crodian,
Chief Executive Officer
                 Market Street Advisors

               Panelists:
                 Bruce Frumerman,
President
                 Frumerman & Nemeth

                 John Shields,
President & CEO
                 Open Investing, Inc.
                
Randy Bullard, Executive Vice President
                
Placemark Investments
                
Austin Page, Chief Corporate Strategist
                 U.S. Fiduciary, LP

              

10:00    Overlay Management: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?
              
Moderator:
                
Randy Bullard,
Executive Vice President
                 Placemark Investments
              
Panelists:
                
Robert Klapprodt, President
                 Vestmark
                
Gerard Michael, President & CEO
                 Smartleaf
                 Mike Winkel, President
                 SunGard Advisor Technologies


10:45    Refreshment Break

11:00    Outsourcing: Is it Hype or Are There Tangible,
             Measurable Benefits?
               
Moderator:
                
Alois Pirker,
Senior Analist
                 Aite Group

               
Panelists:
                
Scot Knight,
Program Director
                 JP Morgan Managed Account Solutions
                 Robert Klapprodt, President
                 Vestmark


11:45     Compliance Issues for the Unified Managed Account
               
Richard Marshall,
Partner
                Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham


12:15    Luncheon

1:15      Coping with UMA Operational Challenges
              
Renée Bowen,
Vice President
               ADVISORport, A PFPC Company
               Gerard Michael, President & CEO
               Smartleaf
              
Joe Walker, President
               UNAPEN, Inc. 

2:00      Applying Technology to Achieve Maximum Efficiency
             and Regulatory/Reporting Control
               Moderator:
                
Evan Schulman,
Co-Founder & Chairman
                 Upstream Technologies

               Panelists:
              
  Cheryl Nash,
Senior Vice President
                 CheckFree Investment Services

              
  David Burnham,
Vice President
                 SS&C Technologies
                
Kent Bonniwell, Senior Vice President
                 ADVISORport


2:45      Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

3:00      Tax Strategies for the UMA
              
Craig Haber,
Tax Partner
               Grant Thornton
              
Dan DiBartolomeo, President
               Northfield Information Services, Inc.


3:45      UMA Future Trends and Emerging Asset Classes
              
Peter Green, Senior Vice President
               Prudential Investments

              
Alexis Vasquez,
Vice President
               The Bank of New York


4:30      Conference Adjourns